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  • Take the first step toward good health at the HAWC

    Hanscom's Health and Wellness Center offers many classes, health assessments and fitness equipment and wants to make sure the base community knows what is available to them for free. For example, the HAWC provides services to help personnel quit using tobacco, lower cholesterol, avoid injury or

  • New automated tool available for the acquisition workforce

    The Air Force has implemented a new automated tool for the acquisition workforce to request Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) certification called "ACQ Now for Certification." It has a similar look and feel to ACQ Now DAU and ACQ Now CL and is accessible using CAC login at

  • Upgrade to self-protection system keeps NATO AWACS safe

    Electronic Systems Center personnel and their NATO counterparts recently celebrated the completion of a retrofit program for the NATO E-3A AWACS aircraft with a ceremony here.The NATO E-3A Large Aircraft Infra-Red Counter Measures (LAIRCM) Retrofit Program upgrades the aircraft's self-protection

  • Air Force awards Application Services Small Business Companion contract

    The Air Force is announcing the award of 12 contracts worth up to $960 million that will make it quicker and easier for the warfighter to obtain innovative information technology services and capabilities covering the full spectrum of operations and missions.The Air Force's Network Centric

  • ESC efforts help ensure safe delivery of supplies

    An Electronic Systems Center program to ensure cargo airdrops can be redirected in flight recently had its first mission in an area of operations. The Dynamic Retasking Capability (DRC) Urgent Operational Need (UON) system allows for C-17 or C-130J aircraft to have threat awareness, weather

  • Firefighters travel to Logan to train with live fire

    The heat was on when 10 members of the Hanscom Fire Department traveled to Logan International Airport June 19 to fulfill an annual Federal Aviation Administration training requirement simulating an aircraft incident.Crews battled an aircraft fuselage burning with jet fuel using a water fog stream

  • Summer safety tips on grilling, fireworks

    The Fourth of July is a time to celebrate a patriotic parade in the morning, a barbecue with friends and family in the afternoon and a fireworks display at dusk.However, before cookouts are planned, the Hanscom Fire Department reminds base housing residents to always use proper grilling procedures

  • Kids take base security seriously

    When three Hanscom youth noticed a potential security situation along a portion of the perimeter fence, they immediately took action to make sure it was corrected. Christopher Douglas, 11, Ashton Laflamme, 11, and Nicholas Reid, 10, were playing outside the evening of June 13 in the Musket Meadows